Improvement in cut-offs for water-conductors



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ASH, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CUT-OFFS FOR WATER-CONDUCTORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,960, dated September 19, 1865.

To all whom it may conceinb Be it known that I, JAMES ASH, of Sterling, in the county of Vhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Cut- ()tt' for VaterUonductors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l represents a sectional front elevation of this invention, the line 0r, Fig. 2, indicating the plane ot' section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements on conductors ot' water on buildings, and its object is to change the direction ot' the current from one outlet to another with little trouble or loss ottime.

The invention consists in the application to a conductor of water on a building of au adjustable tube, the position of which can be changed in such a manner that the water running down through said conductor can be directed to either one ot' two outlets, and the discharge ofthe water can thus be regulated at pleasure.

A represents a conductor of water such as generally used on buildings, extending from the gutter to the ground. In many cases it is desirable to collect the water discharging from said conductor in a cistern, and if the cisteru is full and the current still continues, it is necessary to change the discharge and to direct it to some other place or receptacle. This objectis effected bythe use of an oscillating tube, B, which may be made flaring, if desired, and which is inclosed in a box, C. The lower end of the con ductorApasses ashort distance down in the Haring tube, and a button, a, which projects from the box or chamber C serves to adjust the daring tube in the desired position. Said button connects with the tube by means of a shank or pin which moves in a segmental slot, 7L, in the front side of the box C, and this slot limits the lateral motion of the flaring' tube. From the lower edge ofthe box C pro` jects two pipes, D D', which represent the discharge-pipes. It' it is desired to cause the water to discharge from the pipe D', the Haring tube is brought in the position shown in black outlinesin Fig. l; but it' it is desired to discharge through the pipe D, the Haring tube must be brought in the position shown in red outlines in said igure.

The change in the position of the flaring tube can be eected simultaneously simply by pushing the button a from one end ot' the slot b to the other, and the direction ot' the current of water can thus be changed at any moment Whenever it may be desirable.

This attachmentis cheap and simple, and it is of great convenience in such cases where the Water from the gutters on a building is col lected in a cistern, so that when the cistern is full Athe water can be cut oft' instantaneously and without interrupting the free discharge of water from the conductor. i

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The adjustable tube B, applied in combina tion with the conductor A and discharge-pipes D D', substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES ASH.

Witnesses:

I. S. STAGEE, A. L. DANIELs, J r. 

